Shashidhar Acharya | Dept of Public Health Dentistry - MCODS Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

He:

Teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Guides research projects and engages in research activities.
Coordinator of international collaborations with dental schools in Europe as part of the Amchi program.
Organizing Chairman of National Conference of the Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, held on November 20-22, 2015 at Manipal.
Program founder and coordinator for the MIDST international summer school program at Manipal University.
Internal examiner for MU.
Member of the examination panel at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,Bangalore,KLE University,Belgaum, SRM University,Chennai,BP Koirala Instt of Health Sciences,Nepal.
Member of Editorial board for Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, the highest impact factor journal in Community Dentistry.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Public Health Dentistry	Third year and Fourth year-Part 1

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
Certificate course in Biostatistics	Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Methodology	Manipal University	2013
MDS	Community Dentistry	Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences	2002
BDS		University of Mysore	1998

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
TA Pai management Institute, Manipal	Guest Faculty in Health Care Management stream	Topics covered include Health care delivery systems and health planning in India, quality, environmental management and occupational safety management in health care.	2012 - till date
Department of Public Health Dentistry, MCODS Manipal	Head of the Department		2011 till May 2020
Department of Public Health Dentistry, MCODS Manipal	Professor		2010 till date
Department of Public Health Dentistry, MCODS Manipal	Associate Professor		2008
Department of Public Health Dentistry, MCODS Manipal	Assistant Professor		2003
Bapuji Dental College, Davangere	Assistant Professor		January 2003 to June 2003

Scopus id: 57190110839

Cynical hostility and its relationship with dental anxiety among Udupi population.

Factors affecting dental health utilities among Indian dental patients.

Effectiveness of Colgate sensitive pro relief in reliving dentinal hypersensitivity.

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Population oral health

Area of Expertise

Oral Epidemiology

Area of Research

Population Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Membership:

Life Member of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2001.
Life member of Indian Dental Association.

Guest Lectures :

Titled “Research Misconduct – Key Considerations” at the CDE programme conducted by the Department of Public Health Dentistry MCODS, Manipal on 6^th July 2013.
Titled “Oral Cancer Screening- The best bet in the fight against Oral Cancer” delivered at the Symposium of the Oral Health Policy for the State of Karnataka-Phase 1, held at the Yenepoya Dental College and Hospital, Mangalore on 17^th of February 2014.

Contributions to textbooks :

‘Stress among students in developing countries-Overview.’ In Psychology of Stress. Ed. Kimberly V. Oxington, Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York. 2005. Website: www.novapublishers.com
'Principles of Dental Public Health Administration’. Textbook of Public Health Dentistry. Ed. Poonam Sikri. CBS Publishers.
‘Epidemiology of Oral cancer’. Soben Peter. Essentials of Public Health Dentistry. ed. Ashwini Rao. Arya Medi Publishing House Pvttd.

Achievements :

Achieved ISO 9001 and 140001 for the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry by rewriting the Departmental and Quality System Procedures.
Member of the FDI advisory committee on Dental Ethics for the preparation of the Dental Ethics Manual (http://www.fdiworldental.org/resources/4_6ethics-manual.html)
Subject expert for Community Dentistry for question paper setting for the National Postgraduate entrance exam conducted by Manipal University and the Sikkim-Manipal University.
Subject expert for Community Dentistry for question paper setting for the Postgraduate exam in Community Dentistry conducted by Katmandu University, Nepal.
External examiner for Final year BDS course at the B.P.Koirala Instt of Health Sciences, Dharan.Nepal.
Guest faculty at T.A.Pai Management Institute conducting courses on “Public health and community practices” and “Environmental health and safety management in health care” for the PGDM Healthcare management programme.
Presented a draft plan for “Addressing oral cancer and Tobacco cessation in Dental Practice” during the formulation of an Action Plan for Promoting Oral Health & Surveillance in the South-East Asia Region, conducted by WHO in association with AIIMS, New Delhi on 27 - 28 October 2014.
Successfully conducted ‘AMCHI Project’ from last four years.
Reviewer for Indian Journal of Medical Research, International Journal Of Dental Hygiene, Indian Journal Of Dental Research, Journal Of Dental Education, BMC Oral Health, Oral Health And Preventive Dentistry, Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, Journal Of Public Health Dentistry.

Dental caries, its surface susceptibility and dental fluorosis in South India. Int Dent J. 2005 Dec;55(6):359-64.

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Specific caries index: A new system for describing untreated dental caries experience in developing countries. J Public Health Dent. 2006 Fall; 66(4):285-7.

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Professionalization and its effect on health locus of control among Indian dental students. J Dent Educ. 2008 Jan; 72(1):110-5.

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Oral health-related quality of life and its associated factors in an Indian adult population. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2008; 6(3):175-84.

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Oral-health-related quality of life during pregnancy. J Public Health Dent. 2009 Spring;69(2):74-7.

Acharya S Bhat PV

Dental anxiety and its relationship with self-perceived health locus of control among Indian dental students. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2010; 8 (1):9-14.

Acharya S Sangam DK

Influence of socioeconomic status on the relationship between locus of control and oral health. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2011; 9(1):9-16.

Acharya S Pentapati KC Singh S

Work stress and oral health-related quality of life among Indian information technology workers: an exploratory study. Int Dent J. 2012 Jun; 62(3):132-6.

Acharya S Pentapati KC

Socioeconomic mobility and tobacco consumption patterns in fish industry workers in Udupi District of coastal Karnataka. Indian J Dent Res. 2014 Sep-Oct;25(5):653-6.

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